How much do hummingbirds have to eat per day?

A Hummingbird needs to eat more than their body weight in food each day. I would guess that to be an average of between 8,000 to 10,000 calories required per day. read more

Thus each of our hummingbirds is consuming .46 oz of nectar per day. There are 64 oz in our half gallon of daily solution, so if we divide 64 (the number of ounces consumed) by .46 (the per-hummingbird daily consumption), we get 139 hummers at your feeders. read more

During daylight hours, the hummingbird will eat frequently for short periods of time. A hummingbird will feed between 5-8 times per hour with each feeding lasting about 30 seconds in length. At night, the hummingbird will eat as heavily as the nectar supply will allow. read more